Investment Risk Associate

Category
Investments
City
Jersey City

The Role

About Lord Abbett:

 

Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett is an independent firm with a singular focus on the management of money. Over the course of our history, we’ve earned a sterling reputation for our leadership, influence, and innovation in the asset management industry. Today, our independent perspective, our commitment to active management, and our intelligent product design continue to make us relevant to individual and institutional investors.

 

From the very beginning, we’ve recognized that our people are our greatest asset. As an investment-led, investor-focused firm, we value intellectual curiosity, teamwork, and collaboration across the organization.

 

We’re looking for people with a keen interest in working for a trusted leader in the asset management industry, a desire to expand their knowledge, and a passion for delivering a client experience that exceeds expectations.

 
Now that you know our history, are you ready to be part of our future?

 


Job Overview:

 

Lord Abbett is currently seeking an Investment Risk Associate to join its Investment Risk Management team. In this role, the associate will monitor and report on capital markets and Lord Abbett strategies, analyze portfolio trading and holdings data, produce and enhance reports, assist other team members with investment risk analysis and research projects, and help maintain the team’s documentation and knowledge base. This role offers the associate the opportunity to analyze investments across all asset classes Lord Abbett invests in, to collaborate with various functions across the firm, and to leverage their technical and quantitative skills to add value.

We’ll trust you to:

  • Produce and deliver various daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports on capital markets, Lord Abbett investment strategies, liquidity, derivative exposures, etc.
  • Implement enhancements to existing reports and templates to improve data visualizations or update calculation methodologies.
  • Organize and analyze large sets of portfolio and risk data from various systems.
  • Support other team members with projects and investor engagements.
  • Grow your knowledge set of Lord Abbett products and investment capabilities.

You'll need to have:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline; an advanced degree is a plus
  • 0-5 years of experience in an investment-related field
  • Expertise in programming languages such as Python (preferred), C++ and/or Java  
  • Strong intellectual curiosity and be self-driven
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Knowledge of statistical analysis techniques and comfort with analyzing large data sets
  • High proficiency in Excel
  • Experience with market data and analytics providers such as Bloomberg or FactSet is preferred
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work within a fast-paced team environment
  • Collaborative, team-first attitude; growth mindset
  • Ability to prioritize and progress multiple projects simultaneously

Why Lord Abbett?

Lord Abbett is a leading global independent, privately held investment management company. We are active managers and invest where we believe we have a repeatable edge and can deliver alpha for our clients. Our vision is to be the most respected asset manager in the world, admired for our people, our performance, our relationships, and our organizational agility. This inspires the three pillars of our culture.

  • Principles-Led - We empower our leaders to create an environment of trust.
  • Performance-Oriented - We inspire our people to embody our values, excellence, responsibility, transparency & collaboration.
  • Purpose-Driven - We instill a passion for always putting our clients' interests first. 

We are honored to have earned recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments and scored 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, a measure of LGBTQ+ workplace equality.  

 

Compensation Information: Annual base salary for this role is $100,000 - $125,000. Salary is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different.

Discretionary Bonus: Role may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are determined by several factors including, but not limited to, firm, team, and individual performance. 

Benefits: Lord Abbett is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package to all eligible employees. Offerings include competitive total compensation, retirement plans, competitive health and well-being plans. To learn more about what we offer, please visit Careers | Lord Abbett

 

Lord Abbett is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity, caregiver status, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. All employment decisions at Lord Abbett are based solely on the applicant’s relevant experience, skills and qualifications.

 

Important notice to Search Firms - Please Read Carefully
Without prior written agreement, Lord Abbett does not accept unsolicited submissions from employment agencies, search firms, placement services, or any similar provider (“Search Firms”) for employment opportunities. All candidates submitted by Search Firms to any employee or partner at our company without a written Search Firm agreement in place will be deemed the sole property of our company. In such circumstances, no fee, commission, or other compensation will be paid to such Search Firm in the event a candidate is hired by our company. To the extent a Search Firm has a written agreement in place, all introductions are position specific and should be directed to HR or the hiring manager, so we kindly request no unsolicited phone calls or emails.

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